| Born | 26 November 1967 [3] |
|---|---|
| Other names | Alex Taylor [3] [1] [2] [4] |
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) [1] |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss Hampton Beach, New Hampshire in 1984 [3] [1] [2] [5] Miss Teen All-American New Hampshire in 1985 [1] [5] [6] Miss Petite New Hampshire in 1987 [1] [5] [6] Miss Latin USA in 1989 [1] [5] Miss New Hampshire USA in 1991 [3] [2] [5] [4] [7] [8] |
| Hair color | Blond [3] |
| Eye color | Brown [4] |
| Major competition(s) | Miss USA 1991 [1] [7] [8] [9] |
Adriana Molinari (born 26 November 1967), known professionally as Alex Taylor, is a former beauty pageant winner, model, exotic dancer, [1] [9] and pornographic actress who mainly worked for Vivid Entertainment from around 1998 to 2000. [2] [3]
She moved to Hampton, New Hampshire from South America [10] with her parents when she was in seventh grade. [1] She was a bathing suit model for a time as a teenager. [10] She is a graduate of Winnacunnet High School. [5] [6]
Molinari was named Miss Hampton Beach, New Hampshire [10] in 1984 and Miss New Hampshire USA [10] in 1991. [1] [3] [2] [4] [7] [8] She started stripping in 1990 in Massachusetts [6] [9] and failed to place in the 1991 Miss USA pageant. [1] In the Spring of 1991, Miss USA pageant officials stripped her of her crown when a national supermarket tabloid publicly revealed that she had been moonlighting as an exotic dancer, which was against pageant rules. [1] [5] [6]
She was a Penthouse Pet [10] in August 1994 under the stage name Alex Taylor [4] [11] and appeared in that adult magazine over thirty times. [2] She has also appeared on the TV shows A Current Affair , [1] [5] [7] [8] [9] Hard Copy , Inside Edition , and Entertainment Tonight . [10]
As of 2008, Molinari had retired from the adult industry and was residing in Orlando, Florida. [2]